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The Blue Fairy Book, The Story of Pretty Goldilocks, sentence 77

However, at last they led her into the gallery of mirrors that she might assure herself that nothing was lacking in her appearance, and then she mounted her throne of gold, ebony, and ivory, while her ladies took their guitars and began to sing softly.

Who acts: maids, mirrors, nothing, Goldilocks, ladies · What happens: lead, assure, lack, mount, take, begin · To what, where: Goldilocks, last, appearance, throne, guitars

This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Story of Pretty Goldilocks. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (maids, mirrors, nothing, Goldilocks), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

Parsed by Mova, not checked by a teacher. This tree is Mova's own parse (the en model, on the CPU, when the site is built); it may be wrong.

The tree

advmodpunctcaseoblnsubjobjcasedetoblcasenmodnsubjnsubjauxacl:relclobjmarknsubjauxadvclcasenmod:possoblpunctccadvmodnsubjconjnmod:possobjcasenmodpunctconjpunctccoblpunctmarknmod:possnsubjparataxisnmod:possobjccconjmarkxcompadvmodpunctrootHoweverADV,PUNCTatADPlastADJtheyPRONledVERBherPRONintoADPtheDETgalleryNOUNofADPmirrorsNOUNthatPRONshePRONmightAUXassureVERBherselfPRONthatSCONJnothingPRONwasAUXlackingVERBinADPherPRONappearanceNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJthenADVshePRONmountedVERBherPRONthroneNOUNofADPgoldNOUN,PUNCTebonyNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJivoryNOUN,PUNCTwhileSCONJherPRONladiesNOUNtookVERBtheirPRONguitarsNOUNandCCONJbeganVERBtoPARTsingVERBsoftlyADV.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HoweverhoweverADV_6 ledadvmod
2,,PUNCT_1 Howeverpunct
3atatADP_4 lastcase
4lastlastADJDegree=Pos6 ledobl
5theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs6 lednsubj
6ledleadVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
7hershePRONCase=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs6 ledobj
8intointoADP_10 gallerycase
9thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art10 gallerydet
10gallerygalleryNOUNNumber=Sing6 ledobl
11ofofADP_12 mirrorscase
12mirrorsmirrorNOUNNumber=Plur10 gallerynmod
13thatthatPRONPronType=Rel16 assurensubj
14sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs16 assurensubj
15mightmightAUXVerbForm=Fin16 assureaux
16assureassureVERBVerbForm=Inf12 mirrorsacl:relcl
17herselfherselfPRONCase=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes16 assureobj
18thatthatSCONJ_21 lackingmark
19nothingnothingPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Neg21 lackingnsubj
20wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin21 lackingaux
21lackinglackVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part16 assureadvcl
22ininADP_24 appearancecase
23herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs24 appearancenmod:poss
24appearanceappearanceNOUNNumber=Sing21 lackingobl
25,,PUNCT_29 mountedpunct
26andandCCONJ_29 mountedcc
27thenthenADVPronType=Dem29 mountedadvmod
28sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs29 mountednsubj
29mountedmountVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin6 ledconj
30herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs31 thronenmod:poss
31thronethroneNOUNNumber=Sing29 mountedobj
32ofofADP_33 goldcase
33goldgoldNOUNNumber=Sing31 thronenmod
34,,PUNCT_35 ebonypunct
35ebonyebonyNOUNNumber=Sing31 throneconj
36,,PUNCT_38 ivorypunct
37andandCCONJ_38 ivorycc
38ivoryivoryNOUNNumber=Sing29 mountedobl
39,,PUNCT_43 tookpunct
40whilewhileSCONJ_43 tookmark
41herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs42 ladiesnmod:poss
42ladiesladyNOUNNumber=Plur43 tooknsubj
43tooktakeVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin29 mountedparataxis
44theirtheirPRONCase=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs45 guitarsnmod:poss
45guitarsguitarNOUNNumber=Plur43 tookobj
46andandCCONJ_47 begancc
47beganbeginVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin43 tookconj
48totoPART_49 singmark
49singsingVERBVerbForm=Inf47 beganxcomp
50softlysoftlyADV_49 singadvmod
51..PUNCT_6 ledpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1leadpastmaids = maidGoldilockslastinto the gallery of mirrors; however propertyvn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme at last=Destination
2assuremightmirrorsGoldilocksvn advise-37.9 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent herself=Recipient
3lackpast · progressivenothingGoldilocks's appearancetree rules
4mountpastGoldilocksGoldilocks's throne of gold and ebonythenivory oblvn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent throne=Patient
5takepastGoldilocks's ladiesmaids's guitarsvn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent guitar=Theme
6beginpastGoldilocks's ladies not said herevn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
7sing speech: expressto-infinitiveGoldilocks's ladies not said heresoftly propertyvn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

Text: «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 503 (public domain in the USA). Tree: Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), the chapter read in order.

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